Other portraits in the collection included a rare picture of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, pictured with the sash of the Order of the Garter and a neck badge of the
Order of the Thistle, which sold for PS5,250 as the bidding continued at a hectic pace.
The artwork shows Her Majesty standing tall in the ceremonial robes and the collar of the
Order of the Thistle.
Oil industry tycoon Sir Ian Wood, 75, said he was "greatly honoured" to be made chancellor of the
Order of the Thistle by the Queen.
Richard Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, becomes a "sir" after his appointment to the
Order of the Thistle, the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland.
In which country is the
Order of the Thistle awarded?
Along with reintroducing the practice of touching for scrofula, Anne resumed making appointments to the
Order of the Thistle, the Scottish chivalric fraternity founded by James VII and II in 1687.
When the Archbishop of Canterbury read out her full title "Lady of the Most Noble Order of The Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble
Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order..." a royalist turned to her friend and said: "Listen to all them honours she won?" To which her mate replied: "And some say she had an easy life."
"I am certainly not expecting the
Order of the Thistle or any great honour of state to be falling about my head." Stephen Fry on his disclosure that he took cocaine in Buckingham Palace.
The star of the
Order of the Thistle. The star of the Order of the Garter.
Last summer, William, second-in-line, to the throne was given the highest honour in Scotland after he was installed as a Royal Knight of the
Order of the Thistle at a service in Edinburgh; he is also a Knight of the Garter.
The site has a particularly in-depth section on royal orders and honors, such as the Order of the Garter, given to knighted people, and The
Order of the Thistle, the highest honor in Scotland.
On the left of the story is a report about the King and Queen visiting Edinburgh to open the Chapel of the
Order of the Thistle and to lay the foundation stone of the Usher Hall.
